1853 Kielce uprising

The 1853 Kielce uprising occurred from 19 to 25 February 1853 when the Polish aristocracy incited an uprising among the starved and hungry Polish majority of Kielce against the Russian Empire. The uprising would be swiftly crushed by the Imperial Russian Army, increasing the militancy of the Polish population of Kielce; while the punitive troop deployment did succeed in crushing the revolters, it actually led to the spread of nationalist sentiment in Poland.